Lucid Group’s AMP-2 plant in King Abdullah Economic City will have an annual capacity of 155,000 electric vehicles. More…
Lucid Secures $3.4B In Incentives, Funding For Saudi Arabia Plant
Hyundai & Kia announce major e-mobility investments
Hyundai and Kia plan to invest 21 trillion won (just under $17 billion) in electric car production in South Korea by 2030. The goal is to increase annual production from an estimated 350,000 units this year to 1.44 million units in 2030. Globally, Hyundai and Kia want to produce as many as 3.23 million electric […] More…
Kia sees electric vans as key products for mobility, autonomous tech
Kia is betting big on electric vans, and it’s jumping in with plans to build a new factory within its existing Hwaseong, South Korea, manufacturing complex dedicated to the production of them. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2023, with vehicle production scheduled to start in the second half of 2025, Kia said Wednesday… More…
Recall: Ioniq 5 and EV6 may just roll down a hill
Hyundai has issued a recall in the US and South Korea that affects the Ioniq 5 as well as the Kia EV6. An issue with the shift by wire system could lead to the vehicles rolling away when parked. Hyundai says it is not aware of this happening in the US but mentions four cases […] More…
GM Concludes After Years Of Mistakes, Full Lineup Of EVs Is Key
General Motors believes that offering a full portfolio of EVs on sale at the same time will increase sales. More…
Tesla might not love California, but California still loves Tesla
Tesla might not love California, or at least not enough to keep its headquarters there, but California still loves Tesla, or at least enough to buy more Tesla vehicles than ever. More…
Blue Whale Materials (BWM) to build 5 recycling plants
The battery recycling company Blue Whale Materials (BWM) from Washington, D.C., says it wants to build at least five recycling plants for lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles in the US and Europe together with the investor Ara Partners. Ara Partners, which specialises in industrial decarbonisation, is investing $80 million in Blue Whale Materials as an […] More…
Driverless Hyundai Ioniq 5 Starts Delivering Food With Uber Eats
Motional’s Ioniq 5 robotaxis are now part of Uber Eats’ fleet in Santa Monica, California. More…
Renault Scenic Vision Concept Debuts As Hydrogen Fuel Cell Range Extender
The French automaker is repurposing its Scenic nameplate for a very different vehicle. More…
Renault Scenic Vision Concept Debuts As Hydrogen Range Extender Crossover
The French automaker is repurposing its Scenic nameplate for a very different vehicle. More…
Renault Scenic Vision concept with battery & fuel cell
Renault has presented the Scenic Vision, a compact class show car that has both a large battery and fuel cell on board. The car can run on electricity from the socket and recharge from hydrogen while driving. The French company describes the concept as a “battery fuel cell drive”. The unique feature is that while […] More…
Renault presents Scenic Vision concept with battery & fuel cell
Renault has presented the Scenic Vision, a compact class show car with fuel cell plug-in technology. The car can run on both electricity from the socket and hydrogen. The French company describes the concept as a preview of a future purely electric family vehicle. The special feature is that while other fuel cell vehicles such […] More…
NHTSA Probes Tesla Model S Crash That Took Three Lives In California
A Model S hit a curb and then ran into construction equipment. Sadly, all three occupants were deceased at the scene. More…
Mahle launches e-bike drive system
Mahle has started deliveries of its new X20 traction motor for e-bikes. The company says that, with a system weight of less than 3.2 kg including battery and control unit, the X20 is the lightest e-bike drive on the market. The X20 drive system is tailored to the design of gravel bikes, road bikes and […] More…
Furniture Village opts for Peugeot e-2008 to electrify fleet
Peugeot UK has announced supplying 25 e-2008s to Furniture Village, a British furniture retailer, adopting a fully electric fleet. Field and store managers will use the EVs as they travel between Furniture Village’s UK locations and visit customer homes. The Peugeot e-2008 is powered by a 50kWh battery connected to a 136hp electric motor and […] More…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 recalled for rollaway concerns
A total of 19,743 Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 electric cars are being recalled over rollaway concerns. Separate recall notices from Hyundai and Kia both state that a “software error in the Shifter Control Unit” in affected vehicles could disengage park, allowing vehicles to roll. This could happen because of a voltage fluctuation when a vehicle is… More…
2022 MINI Cooper SE DC Fast Charging Analysis
We use the term “fast charging” lightly with the Cooper SE. More…
Citroën wants to launch a compact BEV in India
Citroën will launch an all-electric compact car in India in 2023, according to Stellantis group CEO Carlos Tavares. The C3-based compact EV will be followed by all-electric MPVs and compact SUVs. So far, Citroën only has the C5 Aircross on offer in India, and that in limited numbers. Stellantis is aiming to rectify this with […] More…
Orbea Introduces Urrun Long-Distance Electric Mountain Bike
The Urrun, which is Basque for “far away”, is Orbea’s most versatile electric mountain bike to date. More…
Volvo Cars turns app into one-stop-shop for EV drivers
As it moves toward becoming a fully electric car maker by 2030, Volvo Cars is turning its app into a “one-stop-shop” for drivers of Volvo Recharge vehicles. The new version integrates charging functions and payment options that Volvo has added through recent partnerships. According to the Geely-owned manufacturer, the Volvo Cars app now includes “hundreds […] More…
